Kristen Moore, Senior Associate

Kristen holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Arts (Political Science and Sociology) from Victoria University. She also holds a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the Australian National University. Kristen is admitted as a solicitor in the Supreme Court of Victoria and the High Court of Australia.

Following admission to practice, Kristen worked exclusively in the areas of civil and succession law, mainly focusing on litigated matters, and matters relating to insolvency and estate disputes. Kristen has a passion for advocacy and has appeared in both State and Federal courts.

Kristen is now the Go To Court Lawyers’ State Civil Senior and the Succession Senior for Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.

Kristen has also developed a strong Criminal Law practice and has developed a wide skill base in advocacy and obtains great outcomes for her clients.

In her spare time, Kristen enjoys spending time with her family, friends, and her dog, Ninja.

Accreditations & Memberships

Member of the Law Institute of Victoria

Success Stories and Publications

Our solicitor Kristen Moore represented a 35-year-old male at the Magistrates Court of Victoria in relation to seven charges including recklessly causing injury, making threats to kill, criminal damage, false imprisonment, unlawful assault and having possession of drugs and a controlled weapon without lawful excuse.

Prior to the matter being heard, Ms Moore made representations to the prosecution that resulted in the withdrawal of the charges of recklessly causing injury, making threats to kill, criminal damage and false imprisonment.

Ms Moore then attended court and entered a plea on behalf of our client to the remaining charges. Her representation resulted in the court imposing a financial penalty without conviction despite our client having priors for similar offending. That result was achieved by preparing the case thoroughly and making representations to prosecution which resulted in the most serious charges being withdrawn. In preparing for the plea, Ms Moore paid careful attention to our client’s personal circumstances and collected a large amount of evidence in support of her submission that the client had made significant changes to his life, which would act as protective factors against re-offending.

This case illustrates the importance of quality representation and the value of a solicitor like Kristen Moore who cares for her clients' circumstances and will work hard to ensure their case is prepared and presented in a way that ensures the court gives full effect to every factor in a client’s favour.

Our solicitor, Kristen Moore, represented a 58-year-old man at the Bacchus Marsh Magistrates Court on 7 September 2018 in relation to the charge of dangerous driving causing serious injury. This charge carries a maximum term of imprisonment of five years.

The client had received charges for an array of offences including negligently causing serious injury (which carries a maximum term of imprisonment of 10 years and minimum licence loss of 2 years). Through negotiation with the prosecution, Ms Moore was able to have multiple serious charges withdrawn and the matter was able to be finalised as a plea to a single charge.

Our client had failed to stop at an intersection and collided with another vehicle. The vehicles were traveling at a high speed on an unlit county road. A person in the other vehicle suffered multiple injuries to her body that required her to be airlifted from the scene.

Our client had shown significant remorse after the incident, apologising to the victim as well as writing a card to her prior to receiving charges for the matter.

Our representation resulted in the court making an order of a good behaviour bond for a period of two years, that our client be disqualified from driving for 18 months (the prescribed minimum loss of licence period), and that he complete a drivers education program within the next two years. Our client was also ordered to pay a sum of $1,000.00 to the court fund.

This result was achieved by preparing the case thoroughly. We paid careful attention to our client’s personal circumstances and collected character references in support of our submission that he was an otherwise good person who had made an unfortunate mistake.

We relied on a psychological assessment of our client to show that he had taken full responsibility for his offending, that there were protective factors against him reoffending and that there was little risk of him experiencing further involvement in the criminal justice system.

This case illustrates the pivotal importance of quality representation and the value of a solicitor like Kristen More who shows compassion for her clients' circumstances and will work hard to ensure their cases are prepared and presented in a way that ensures the court considers every factor in the client’s favour.

Our solicitor Kristen Moore represented a 29-year-old female at the Geelong Magistrates’ Court on 16 May 2018 in relation to a charge of intentionally causing injury.

Following a series of family disputes on the day of the offending, our client had allegedly cut a person in the face with a knife. The victim required stitches and was left with permanent scarring.

As a result of the injuries sustained, there was a high possibility of our client receiving a custodial sentence. However, our representation resulted in the Court imposing a two-year corrections order, which required our client to complete unpaid community work.

The result was achieved by Ms Moore preparing the case thoroughly, paying careful attention to her client’s personal circumstances, and collecting evidence that the client was otherwise a person of good character who was genuinely remorseful and horrified by her actions.

Ms Moore demonstrated to the Court that our client was not thinking rationally or clearly at the time of the events and that her history did not indicate a pattern of violent behaviour. Ms Moore submitted that all sentencing objectives could be achieved through the making of a community corrections order and that a term of imprisonment was not necessary.

This case illustrates the importance of quality representation and the value of a solicitor with strong advocacy skills like Kristen Moore who is dedicated to her clients and will work hard to ensure their case is prepared and presented in a way that ensures the Court gives full effect to every factor in a client’s favour.

Solicitor Kristen Moore successfully represented a client wishing to have his gender changed on his overseas birth certificate. The client had attempted to get assistance from other solicitors but had been unable to find anyone familiar with this area of law.

The client was born female in the UK and moved to Australia over 30 years ago. From a young age, he experienced gender dysphoria and desired to transition from a female to a male. The client began hormone therapy in 2014, and in 2015 the client underwent sex affirmation surgeries. The client applied for a Gender Recognition Certificate to the Gender Recognition Panel, a tribunal in the UK, in October 2015. The application was declined.

In Victoria, if you are over 18 years old, unmarried, and have undergone sex affirmation surgery, you can apply to the Registry for a Recognised Details Certificate. This certificate will state your current registered name and sex after the surgery, and verification from two medical practitioners that you have undergone sex affirmation surgery. The UK’s Gender Recognition Panel has similar requirements but had declined our client’s application because they did not accept the evidence that had been filed.

Our client wished Ms Moore to make another application to obtain a Gender Recognition Certificate. In resubmitting the application, Ms Moore corresponded with the Victorian Births, Deaths and Marriages Office, which prepared a letter to the Gender Recognition Panel in support of our client. The application was successful and our client was able to have his gender status recognised, receive a Gender Recognition Certificate and his UK Birth Certificate with his amended name and gender. He was then able to obtain a UK Passport with his updated name and gender.

This case highlights the importance of quality representation and the value of a solicitor such as Kristen Moore, whose dedication to the causes of her clients ensures that their matters are dealt with in the best possible way.

Kristen Moore successfully negotiated for the withdrawal of a charge of unlawful assault against a 34-year-old Werribee client in April 2018. The prosecution alleged that the man had assaulted his former partner and a Family Violence Safety Notice was sought against him by the Victorian Police.

At the time of the alleged offence our client had no prior convictions. The application for the Family Violence Safety notice was subsequently struck out by the court.

Ms Moore entered into discussions with the prosecution and argued that the assault charge should be withdrawn. Ms Moore pointed out weaknesses in the prosecution case, noting in particular that the intervention order application in relation to the same incident had been struck out. The prosecution agreed to withdraw the assault charge.

Ms Moore paid careful attention to our client’s personal circumstances and collected a large amount of evidence to support her argument that the charge should be withdrawn.

This outcome illustrates the importance of quality representation and the value of a solicitor like Kristen Moore, who pays careful attention to detail and works hard to ensure that the case is presented in a way that ensures the best possible outcome.

Testimonials

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by Trebeany via Google

Kept things simple for us and did a great job on the day. Very happy with the result. 🙂

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by Lauren S. via Google

She was perfect 👍👍 thank you so much for your help

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by R. Rose via Google

We visited the practice and I can't remember the lawyer's name but they were attentive, listened, and gave sound advice. Thankfully we didn't need to take the matter further, but the advice set our mind at ease. We were happy with the service. Thank you

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by Dale D. via Google

Excellent representation and the best outcome I could have asked for. Went to court for a driving while suspended charge, fantastic during the whole ordeal. Not only was the fine waived, but more importantly I was able to keep my license and stay on the road.

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by Alex P. via Google

Great staff who are very helpful and friendly, especially when dealing with sensitive matters. Highly recommend

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by Jennie-Lee G. via Google

Very positive. I was really impressed by how the different jurisdictions were explained to me. One was a Civil matter and the other, the Family Court. Until the explanation I was confused and that is what was causing me distress. I am relieved to understand the difference and that is because it was explained to me in a way that I could understand. Well Worth the time and money for that peace of mind. Impressed with the follow up too. Many thanks.